Pillows and Such

Things have been slow in my Hidey Hole

since I returned from my trip to China.

I haven't been motivated to do too much.

Maybe it's because my schedule was off,

but I'm back on east coast time and sleeping normally again.

This week I've finished up a couple of odds and ends

and cut the fabric for a new quilt.

A couple of months ago

I made a Christmas tree skirt for a wedding gift.

In making this tree skirt,

I had some big pieces left

and couldn't just throw them away.

I started playing around with the scraps and made this table topper.

My mom loves it, so it's going to her!

In March my mom, sister and 2 sisters-in-law

met in Pennsylvania for a girls weekend.

We had a blast!

While we were out and about my sister found some dish towels

she really liked and asked if I could make her some pillows 

out of them.

This week the pillows were made and are ready to pass onto her.

The thing with making pillows from some dish towels

is that the design is printed closer to the bottom

of the towel rather then more in the middle.

I like to make 18" pillows,

so the design isn't centered.

I think these turned out cute

and I love the sayings on them.

 

 

This one is my favorite.

 

I had this fabric in my stash.

It's my sisters style and she loves these colors.

Woohoo!!

The new quilt I started is a baby quilt for a little one due in September.

You know me....bright and bold for a baby quilt!

 I need to get a couple of solid reading fabrics to add to this

collection.  All of these fabrics have been aging in my 

stash and were ready to come out and play.

 

The pattern was a free one from Moda Bake Shop,

but it isn't coming up right now.

I'm not able to find it on the designer's blog, either.

Here is what the finished quilt will look like.

(Image taken from the internet.)

That's it for now!

It's nice to be back into the sewing groove

after being gone for a few weeks.

Happy Quilting!